El Punto

“The Point, the section of the city that is squeezed between Lafayette Street and Salem Harbor and was once the domain of French-Canadian millworkers, is now home to a new generation of immigrants, mostly from the Dominican Republic. For this Spanishspeaking population, which calls the neighborhood El Punto, the murals communicate in a universal language. "We use art to break the invisible barriers between El Punto and the rest of the city," says David Valecillos, senior project manager at NSCDC, which has a 40-year history on the North Shore.” JoeAnn Hart, Walls of Hope